Turin Turambar
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It isn't like ww2 was puppies and rainbows, but tgey still make fun fps of it.
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Battlefield 5 retail listing at World of Games (Swiss), "tactical shooter in WW1"
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It isn't like ww2 was puppies and rainbows, but tgey still make fun fps of it.
+1
BC2 vietnam was quite something, loved pressuring with boat to give advantage for the guys on ground.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Its a videogame. It doesn't have to abide by realistic constraints.
Just have WWI guns and aesthetics and vehicles and you're good.
legacyzero
Banned
WW1 tho?? Eww.
WW2 pls
WW2 pls
rakkadakka
Member
This thread is such a great barometer for historical knowledge.
Ww1 had shit vehicles, was full of camping and planes that were basically toothless.
This is not what EA is releasing for their triple A shooter in the fall.
Ww1 had shit vehicles, was full of camping and planes that were basically toothless.
This is not what EA is releasing for their triple A shooter in the fall.
PeskyToaster
Member
Like I said, trench warfare is basically Rush but between two trenches and you take out all the waiting like they do in every war game ever. This could be the spiritual successor to the Rush based multiplayer of Bad Company.
Sounds like your knowledge is rather limited. A WWI campaign has way more variety than you're giving it credit for.
notice i said "if its true WW1 combat" sure you can set it in the east, open it up use end of the war weapons maybe add some tanks you know ... make it feel like WW2.... oh wait why not just make it set in WW2
CyberPunked
Member
I doubt this is true, but I would be in now way against it.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
It baffles me that people complain about modern/future settings being overused yet want the return of WW2 which was not overused at all.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Holy shit, great news if true. Wanted either WW1 or 2 setting.
PeskyToaster
Member
This post is a great barometer for your historical knowledge which seems pretty lacking. By the end of the war it was thoroughly modern. But even throughout, the Eastern Front was extremely fluid and the Middle East was a guerilla war with urban and desert warfare.
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Deleted member 80556
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I've been saying this for years. Although that might be going a bit too back. Still, I've never seen a AAA game attempting The Great War, so I'd like to see how much of a train wreck this becomes.
Anyway I'll continue my bickering.
Anyway I'll continue my bickering.
Mind stating a source? All I can find regarding BF5 is that it's going to be military again, which can mean a variety of things regardless of time.
Mad Season
Banned
It really doesn't and especially not for today's crowd
McHuj
Member
The problem, imo, is that both guns and vehicles of WW1 suck.
BF with mainly DMR's and biplanes would suck.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Its been 8 years since the last major WWII FPS on consoles. It that time we've had at least 8 major modern or near-future FPSes.
The way the combat evolved over the years of the war gives you multiple styles to choose from. You basically went from late 19th century warfare, through trench warfare, and into 20th century WW2 style warfare in the span of 4 years and thats JUST on the Western Front.
Again, WWI isn't just about Trenches.
battlefield has always tried to be more grounded in reality, but a steam punk sci-fi alt universe would be a nice change it might go over like a lead balloon.... or should i say zeppelin lol but how could would titan mode be when you have to board the other teams zeppelin and blow it up, give me rocketeer jetpacks and tesla guns lol
Huge Succeeded
Banned
yeah this ain't happening
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
World War 1 sounds good to me.
Well remember...this is WWI not the American Revolution...so we are still dealing with mostly bolt action rifles, not muskets..so while reload would be a little longer, its not like we're talking minutes between single shots...
multiplayer would probably turn into a sprint/melee fest, but if youre talking realism, than machine guns would dominate...you would camp and just mow people down...
guns like the BAR were automatic and not stationary...granted youre not sprinting around with it, but its far from completely stationary
Now this would be amazing. I'm getting so bored with running through train tunnels w/ laser sighted m416s.
Replace "modern" with "military". EA hasn't said a thing about BF5 setting, one DICE dev on twitter said next battlefield has a military setting.
So: WW1/2, modern, future etc...
WW1 would be cool. I'm really sick of modern and near future shooters.
If the next BF is a future shooter like CoD, how about cyberpunk setting? Like deus ex, blade runner, cyberpunk 2077. Thats the only future setting I'm interested.
Zombegoast
Member
Awesome what's more exciting than Trench Warfare?
DoublePayje
Banned
BAR was invented in 1917 and introduced in september 1918 on the western front. War ended in november on the western front. It was not a factor. You could bring all kinds of experimental and rare weapons into the game, but we can agree that this kind of weaponry was not part of the usual warfare of WW1 and if you want to make it at least a bit authentic (which DICE usually does), the player will run around using a bolt action.
BAR as battlepick. There, I called it first guys
PeskyToaster
Member
It had plenty of weapons besides bolt-action rifles. There were the first submachine guns and combat shotguns, which is why they were called trench guns. They don't just put the standard issue weapons in these games, you can put in all the weird prototypes and barely used weapons as well. For vehicles you are forgetting horses. Even WWII wasn't as mechanized as portrayed and horses played a large part in transportation. Germany used over 2 million horses throughout WWII.
Damn I feel like I'm going blue in the face right now. Use your imagination folks, they don't stick too closely to reality in modern settings so why would they for WWI? It's a cool, pretty unexplored setting in gaming.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Exactly.
Matrix XII
Member
Would love if this were true!
Lalalandia
Member
A lot of answers seem to be missing that the fields of Flanders were not the only battlefield in WW1 and even then they featured cavalry and rapid movement at one time or another. That's before we get to the African campaign, Dardanelles, Balkans, Middle East and the Eastern Front.
I really hope this is true, it will eliminate lock on weapons thus putting ground and air on level pegging (A2A will be more fun too). Yeah if this is true colour me psyched
Edit Also what PeskyToaster said, there is a world of variety outside of the stereotypes of WW1
I really hope this is true, it will eliminate lock on weapons thus putting ground and air on level pegging (A2A will be more fun too). Yeah if this is true colour me psyched
Edit Also what PeskyToaster said, there is a world of variety outside of the stereotypes of WW1
RodrigoDorta
Member
I remember the time where a new battlefield game means a new time period, new weapons, new locations, new vehicles! i'am in!
Marvel
could never
Like the 2nd or third dude to quote me, you're not cute or clever lol. It's just how I feel about the genre yeesh... can't stand the time period for shooters.
Not a competition.
If you guys like it, that's great whatever. For me personally this would blow.
Holy shit! HOLY SHIT!
EXACTLY! They already have trench warfare in Battlefront too. I was hoping for next gen WWII. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect this. I am so happy right now. I can't wait to ride horses.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
Could work. You still had early planes, tanks and machine guns during this era, as well as attack boats etc.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
I wonder if we will hear something about the game this month. The last Hardline DLC releases next tuesday.
I really wanna know whats happening next with Battlefield
I really wanna know whats happening next with Battlefield
McHuj
Member
No, I wasn't. I included them under the umbrella of the vehicles that suck.
horse, horse that's what we're missing in Battlefield...
PeskyToaster
Member
BAR was invented in 1917 and introduced in september 1918 on the western front. War ended in november on the western front. It was not a factor. You could bring all kinds of experimental and rare weapons into the game, but we can agree that this kind of weaponry was not part of the usual warfare of WW1 and if you want to make it at least a bit authentic (which DICE usually does), the player will run around using a bolt action.
BAR as battlepick. There, I called it first guys
Not really. DICE made a Secret Weapons of WW2 expansion for Battlefield 1942. An entire expansion of rare, experimental weaponry. Even had jets that took off on a tube thing. They had plenty of experimental weapons in the modern games that barely saw use in real life. Even the M1911 is in BF4. I wonder when that was invented.
Horses would replace the jeeps from a gameplay perspective. You also have tanks, airplanes, zeppelins, subs, all sorts of ships. Some of this stuff wasn't used much or effective but like I said, that's never stopped game designers before.